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@@ -7263,6 +7263,16 @@ Gateways via their Web Interfaces</ulink>"</emphasis>
</para>
<para>
+ This next example shows how to accomplish the same thing by setting
+ <filename>EXTERNALSRC</filename> in the recipe itself or in the
+ recipe's append file:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ EXTERNALSRC = "<replaceable>path</replaceable>"
+ EXTERNALSRC_BUILD = "<replaceable>path</replaceable>"
+ </literallayout>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
By default, <filename>externalsrc.bbclass</filename> builds
the source code in a directory separate from the external source
directory as specified by